Re: One or more of a pattern...

while(<DATA>) {
    print /^([-\w' ]+\(\d+\)(:[-\w' ]+\(\d+\))*)$/ ? "match capture >$
+1< $_\n" : 
                                                     "no match $_\n";
}
__DATA__
namexx(10)
name2(8):name3(3)
name4(12):name5(3):name6(3)
O'Keefe(1)
Jo-Anne Smith(2)
F$%^Y@^(1)
name(1)name(3)
name(1)::name(3)
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cheers

tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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Re: Re: One or more of a pattern... by samtregar (Abbot) on May 11, 2002 at 05:10 UTC
Don't use `^` and `$` when you mean `\A` and `\z`! -sam	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: One or more of a pattern... by dsheroh (Monsignor) on May 11, 2002 at 13:37 UTC
In this case, where the string the pattern is being run against was obtained from a `while (<FILE>)` (and should, therefore, be a single line), how do they differ and why do you prefer `\A`/`\z`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Re: One or more of a pattern... by samtregar (Abbot) on May 11, 2002 at 19:17 UTC
The post was in response to a question about matching against a string. I assumed the poster would just take the regex and stick it into his code unaltered. In that case `^` and `$` are clearly wrong since the could allow a bad string like "foo(10):bar(20)\n!!!!!!!!!!" to match. By contrast `\A` can only mean the start of the string and `\z` can only mean the end of the string. They are unambiguous and do not depend on options to determine their match. Does that answer your question? -sam	[reply] [d/l] [select]